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Frontier(s)(2007)

Name: Frontier(s)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Action, Thriller
Released: 2007
Duration: 108 min

2007 · Xavier Gens · 108 min

A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis.

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Drama · Horror · Action · Thriller

6.2837 votes

TMDB score

5/5

Intensity

5/5

Gore

4/5

Stays with you

How scary is Frontier(s)?

Watching this feels like being trapped in a nightmare that keeps getting worse with no way out. The pace is relentless once things kick off, moving from tense dread into sustained, brutal violence that doesn't let up. The danger here is entirely human, not ghosts or monsters, and the movie doesn't hold back on showing blood and cruelty in graphic detail. This is heavy, upsetting stuff meant to shake you, not a fun scare you laugh off afterward.

On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Frontier(s) rates psychological 3/5, visceral 5/5, gore 5/5, lingering effect 4/5, and overall intensity 5/5.

Psychological: 3 of 5
Visceral: 5 of 5
Gore: 5 of 5
Lingering: 4 of 5
Intensity: 5 of 5

Slow burn vs Jump scares: 20 of 100 — leans Slow burn

Slow burnJump scares

Supernatural vs Real-world: 92 of 100 — leans Real-world

SupernaturalReal-world

Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 85 of 100 — leans Disturbing

Fun-scaryDisturbing

Intensity over runtime

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Reveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.

A tense, on-the-run opening gives way to a brutal, nearly nonstop back half that barely lets you breathe.

Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 5, 4.

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